A Different Kind of Lush: The Story of Everbloom, Inc. told by co-owner Jennifer Melear

Isn’t it the old saying that you’re not going to meet your future spouse in a bar? Well, I beg to differ. Totally unexpectedly, with no concern but to see a fun band and spend some time with a friend visiting for the weekend, I met the man who would turn out to be my future husband. A truly breath-taking saga of our courtship would follow, including, but certainly not limited to, elements such a roommate with an alluring English accent, a random run-in at the local Walmart, chance meeting at the weekly trivia game night, garden center visits to where I worked, and finally a home-cooked, full tilt, Southern-style Thanksgiving dinner (made entirely by my eventual husband-to-be). The details of those first couple months of meeting Jeff, when it was first his roommate (yeah, the English guy) who asked me out and then totally flaked, and then Jeff eventually maneuvering his way into the picture afterwards, could be an entire novel of their own. Perhaps it’s that potential novel, the profits it would generate, and of course the film development deal which would naturally follow, that could fund our future garden shop...(read more)